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Cheers' premiered on Sept. 30 way back in 1982. The beloved show remains one of the best TV comedies ever. See Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Kirstie Alley, and more then and now.
One of George Wendt's final public appearances before his death was definitely a wholesome one. In August 2024, the actor, who died at age 76, reunited with his Cheers co-stars Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson for an episode of the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.
As A Man on the Inside continues to gain awards-season attention, star Ted Danson and creator-executive producer-writer-director Mike Schur gathered at an FYC event on Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills.
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George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” has died. He was 76.